Surgery.

This forty-three page interview documents the professional career of Albuquerque surgeon Dr. Lawrence H. Wilkinson (1916-1992). Included in this collection are the final transcript and audio recordings from an oral history recorded in 1984. Also included are three news clippings pertaining to Dr. Wilkinson.

This material, saved and donated by Dr. Lawrence H. Wilkinson and his family, represents the personal life, career, and interests of a physician who practiced medicine in Albuquerque, New Mexico for forty years. Family mementos, professional and private writings, civic activities, honors, and correspondence highlight the life of a man devoted to his family, dedicated to his profession, and interested in helping to bring a medical school to his adopted state of New Mexico.

This collection includes the office ledgers of Drs. P.G. Cornish, Sr. and Jr., covering the periods from January 1928 to February 1934 and the period from February 1938 through October of the same year. Also included are the hand-written medical school notes of Dr. P.G. Cornish, Jr. dated February 12, 1915, and a small number of medical artifacts from the offices of both doctors.